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AIRE v3.6 is out.

Added:
• Scenario presets
• Turnover modeling
• Time-to-threshold risk
• Clearer CO2 assumptions

Small version bump. Meaningful improvements.

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Seeing people you respect talk about using AI is also kinda like if your home was burglarized and all your belongings were stolen, and you show up at a friend’s house and she’s wearing your favorite shirt. And oh look, there’s that Stickley rocking chair you got from your grandmother in the corner.

Maybe we should start asking for payment. “Oh you use AI!? You owe me…” pull out phone, scroll to calculator app “$14.73 times… How many minutes did you use it?”

Anthropic did the same to me and millions of other authors. Our life’s work. Using AI is not only continued use of stolen work, it’s terrible for the environment, and a hardcore tool of fascism.

ONE WAY TO REDUCE STRESS IS TO MEDITATE. ANOTHER WAY IS TO NOT LIVE UNDER A FASCIST GOVERNMENT. THIS HAS BEEN WELLNESS TIPS! Underneath the Welcome to Night Vale logo, a purple eye with a crescent moon in the pupil

Stress reduction

Seeing all these posts from people I follow and respect about casual use of AI. It reminds me of the way everyone just ignores the fact that repeated COV infections cause brain damage and Long Covid as they walk around unmasked in a world where over 40% of COV infections are asymptomatic.

AI is theft. Created by stolen works. (All 60+ of my backlist novels were part of millions used wo the authors’ permission.) Using it shows approval of IP theft and is doubly morally dubious because using it is a tremendous strain on the environment. Hope your badly created calendar is worth it.

My son came home CRYING. Teacher told him: 'Your book report on Nnedi Okorafor doesn't count. Pick a REAL author.' I was at the principal's office in 20 MINUTES. 'Nnedi won the HUGO AWARD. Define REAL! Principal sided with the teacher. I pulled my son out. HOMESCHOOL now. Best decision EVER. He just finished book 15. All African authors. His confidence? UNSHAKEABLE. b 1/2 ©12.3K @682 G404 • 27 Top View activity >

Someone just tagged me to this viral post on Threads.

I’m feeling rage.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

the worlds not over
keep taking your meds
keep taking your HRT
keep scheduling surgeries
keep talking to friends
keep eating
keep sleeping
the worlds not over
you're still needed

Strike on Iranian primary school kills 148, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

The death of possibly more than 100 little girls in a primary school. How is that not a central news story today across all serious outlets?
And thank you, FT, for being one of only a few newsrooms driving attention to what happened there.
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Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Time to unsubscribe, Ohio.

The acts of defiance can be big or small. Painting over a bigoted piece of graffiti. Running a youth club for refugees in an area that mostly loathes them. Wearing a rainbow flag in an anti-queer neighbourhood.
These acts all accumulate towards something better, I have seen that in action.

New forms of war profiteering we previously never could imagine.

A decent chunk of my political philosophy is embodied by the phrase "It's never okay to kill children."

I built AIRE, a free browser tool that estimates airborne COVID risk indoors using the PMC framework.

It also offers an optional “cigarette pack equivalent.”

Why?
Because 3% per event is abstract.

Cumulative harm is easier to grasp on a familiar scale. 🧵

we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this:

I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil

everything about this is so unspeakably evil and rage-inducing, but the fact that a non-zero number of Republicans believe Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei are the same guy makes me want to S C R E A M

Just made my calls to my ridiculously ineffective MoCs asking if they’re okay with this illegal war ordered by our pedophile dictator. Do we still have a congress or should I call someone else as we bomb civilians? Impeach this criminal now.

FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution:

A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

Do it now.

Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.

Script here again.

Per NYT:

"The Department of Defense is calling these strikes 'Operation Epic Fury.'" 😐

Please call your reps. And then scream into a pillow over the fact we have man children creating geopolitical chaos in the Middle East.

Let me be crystal clear on something: were this law to be passed, every one of the 13 states with Freedom to Read laws would cease to have those laws to protect them anymore.

We have poured so much energy into those state laws–which matter, hear me–but they are not going to solve the big issue.

Fuck Trump. Fuck the puppeteers behind him. Fuck the GOP, especially congressional Republicans and quisling Democrats, who enabled him. Fuck the people who voted for this, and fuck the media for never reporting on him realistically.

Fuck them all, for they have truly fucked us and the world.

Some people simply need to be followed everywhere they go for the rest of their lives by a nice old lady from the American Friends Service Committee yelling "here is a depraved murderer in your midst"

The military obsession with AI is in large part about being able to command something to kill, with instant compliance, no rebuttal nor compunction

Just want to note that 3am in Washington is like 11:30am in Tehran. The American people are the ones he snuck up on in the dead of night to conduct this illegal attack, not the purported enemy.